decompress
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decompress
- /diːkəmˈpɹɛs/ UK
verb decompresses · decompressing · decompressed
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To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
Opposite: compress
- To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
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To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
Similar: unzip, uncompress
- To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure. The bad news is we got eight hours in this can blowin' down… And the worse news is, it's gonna take us three weeks to decompress later.
- To relax. [T]he idea began before lockdown, when he went on holiday to Thailand to decompress from the pressures of life in the music industry.
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verb to relieve the pressure or compression on something
| Español | descomprimir |
|---|---|
| Português | descomprimir |
| Français | décomprimer |
| Italiano | decomprimere |
| Ελληνικά | αποσυμπιέζω aposympiézo |
verb to bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure
| Ελληνικά | αποσυμπιέζω aposympiézo |
|---|
verb to adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure
| Ελληνικά | αποσυμπιέζω aposympiézo |
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